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Mid-major label ruffles tourney-tested Xavier
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Being called an overachieving mid-major is supposed to be a compliment in college basketball, perhaps the ultimate compliment....
Insurers, doctor-owned hospitals get late help
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Tucked into President Barack Obama's health care bill are several 11th-hour changes that help major insurance companies and doctor-owned hospitals....
Ohio Democrat Kaptur votes for health bill
WASHINGTON (AP) -- One of the House Democrats who had been undecided over the health care bill because of concerns it would put public money toward abortion has voted for the measure....
Boehner: Health bill fails the country
WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Republican leader John Boehner says congressional health care legislation fails the country and says Congress has failed to listen to America....
Cavs complete rare sweep of Pistons
CLEVELAND (AP) -- J.J. Hickson and Anthony Parker combined for 20 points in the decisive third quarter and Cleveland beat Detroit 104-79 on Sunday to give the Cavaliers their first season sweep of the Pistons in 30 years....
Kearns homers twice as Indians rout Dodgers 12-5
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) -- Austin Kearns hit his first two home runs of the spring and drove in five runs as the Cleveland Indians rolled to a 12-5 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday....
OH Lottery
CLEVELAND (AP) -- These Ohio lotteries were drawn on Sunday:...
Southwest Ohio area along I-75 sees boom
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) -- An area along Interstate-75 midway between Cincinnati and Dayton is rising up as an economic growth center despite the flagging economy....
Gehry likes what he sees with new Vegas building
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Architect Frank Gehry says he wanted a swirling stainless steel structure he designed for Las Vegas to be unique - to stand out from what he called "the cacophony" of high-rise casinos and condos forming the spine of Sin City's sprawl....
Ohio's Brunner to keep equipment for US Senate bid
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The campaign of U.S. Senate candidate Jennifer Brunner is moving ahead with a plan to use $15,000 worth of equipment from her old state campaign....
Ohio workers' comp advisers wanted recommendation
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The director of an embattled legislative panel bucked the position held by panel advisers when she declined to make a recommendation on a bill with sweeping consequences for the nation's largest state-run injured worker insurance fund, the Associated Press has found in a review of state records....